Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 13, 1961, Image 37

Historic Oregon Newspapers

Medford mail tribune., April 13, 1961, Image 37

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1961)

Prev Page of 38 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (2.8 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Prev Page of 38 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page TextMEDJ-'uHJ WAX 'lHicUNE, MEDFORD, ORE mdaoDAV, APrllL 13, 1961 -E 7 Call Issued for Vigorous Economic, Social Programs in Latin America Washington fflJPD The Committee for Economic De velopment has called for vig orous action to promote eco nomic and social progress In Latin America. The private research and education group, reporting on nearly two years of study, said such progress is "essen tial to the maintenance of stable democracies." To achieve this stability, the committee recommended a nine-point program which it said must be begun in cooper ation with the 20 Latin Amer ican republics. At the same time, another privately financed research group - the Population Ref erence Bureau - called for major social changes in Latin America. It said "a revolution in customs, values, attitudes, institutions and mores" was needed to ensure economic progress. To Include Land Reform The revolution, it said, "will involve land reform, wise and better use of natural resources, an expanding edu cational system, equality of opportunity and a fluid social system with mobility within that system based on individ ual merit" The Population Reference Bureau also called for increas ed steps to control population growth. It said the rising birth rate, unaccompanied by the previously high death rate in Latin America, would negate any economic advances. The Committee for Econom ic Development praised Presi- Michigan Pushing Claim as Scene of First Air Flight St. Joseph, Mich. - (UFD - A move is underway in this Lake Michigan short commun ity to document a claim which could shake' the foundations of aviation history. Two old-timers and a news paperman are at work trying to prove that the first flight in a heavier-than-air, mechanically-propelled airpline took place right here in the south west corner of Michigan in 1898. If their efforts are success ful, it would mean the Wright Brothers and Kill Devil Hill near Kitty Hawk, N.C., would have to take a back seat to Augustus Moore Herring and the St. Joseph beach area. ' ' Sherwin Murphy, a retired editor and aviation enthusiast; Sam Lessing, 83, retired St. Joseph businessman, and Richard Derrick, news editor of the St. Joseph Herald Press, are searching aviation archives and old newspapers and magazines on behalf of the deceased Herring. It is their belief that Her ring lifted a bamboo and linen plane off the ground into a 25-mile-an-hour wind with the help of a compressed air mo tor on or before Nov. 17, 1898. The Chicago Daily News of that date: Wind Blowing . "There was a 25-mile-an-hour wind blowing along the beach when the machine was taken out of its shed. Facing the wind, Herring turned the motor on and gave the ma chine a running start. It rose 10 or 12 feet with Herring's feet dangling from below as he held on to the crosspiece with both arms, .After flying about 75 feet at a ground speed of five to six miles an hour, Herring maneuvered to an easy landing." Orville Wright is now cred ited with making the first suc cessful heavier-than-air and mechanically propelled air plane flight at Kitty Hawk Dec. 17, 1903. He traveled 120 feet in 12 seconds. He got the first patent on an airplane May 22, 1906. Lessing says he saw the Herring's flight in 1898. This is how he describes it: "I recall Herring . quite clearly. I was just a young fellow running a hot dog stand on the north side of Broad St., next to Silver Beach. Herring used to bring his equipment down to the beach where the The Family Council ' Editor's Note: The Family Council consists of a Judge, a psychia trist, three clergymen, three editor! and a women's editor. Each article is a summary of an actual ease history. The council reports on prob lems that have been dealt with by responsible agencies and counselors. (Copyright 1961 General Features Corp.) Mrs. K. W. - He ignored me and selected my sister as guardian for his child. Sidney W. - My aunt has young children of her own, It's a better home. Mrs. K. W. - I raised three children. My youngest, Sid ney, lost his wife two years ago and gave his two-year-old son to my young sister, his aunt, to take care of. I as sumed this was temporary and that when Sidney married again, my little grandchild would return to his home. However, the child is now 4 and will be left in my sis ter's home indefinitely even though Sidney has remarried. I've protested that since Sid ney isn't bringing the child up, he should let me, the boy's own grandmother do so. I'm School News Ashland High School. Edited by Karen Falter "Time Out for. Talent", was the theme for Ashland High school's annual all-school tal ent show April 7, Jerry Burns was master of cere monies. Acts taking part in the tal ent show were a combo con sisting of Russ Blair, Richard Bushnell, and Bob Vorls; humorous reading by Jim Lewis; and a dance routine by Nola Neilson and Diana George. Richard Barnett, For rest Farmer, Bob Hegdahl, Bill Lawrence, and Denny Better made up the second were Dan Lewis, Mike Rey mers, and Mike Rush. Other acts Included Cherye . Meggers on the accordion; a ' clarinet quartet consisting of Carol Cluff, Dave Greene, Sarah Martin, and Geroldine Rogers; a dance routine by Jean Forrest, Janet Miller, Kay Moore, Peggy Parsons, Dana Smith, Martha Swie bert, Sara Vandenburg, and Delores Westgaard; and a duet sung by Gay Swiebert and Delores Westgaard. Mak ing up the third combo were Rick Hester, Bruce Konoco, Dan Parker, Galen Roberson, and Glen Tabor. Last week was "Twirp Sea. son" at Ashland High school. Activities during the week were clash day on Wednes day; a slave auction on Thursday; and the Twirp Twirl on Saturday night. Six Ashland High school debate students will represent the southern Oregon district In the State Forensics tourna ment, April 14 and 15, at Oregon State college. The students are Jerry Burns, Pete Krelsman, Bill Law rence. Linda Lewis, Jim Lewis, and Karen Schopf. lonely and Cary would make me young again. The boy. is my own flesh and blood, closer to me than to my sister. Why can't I have him? Sidney W.-1 love my moth er, but I must do"what's best for my son. My aunt is 16 years younger than my mother and has two young children of her own. In addition, she went to college and hopes to return to her studies some day when the children are all in school. Even though Cary is her one and only grandchild, my mother must realize he's a handful. She hasn't told you that she still must keep house for herself, my father, and my older brother. How she thinks she'd keep up with Cary, too, I don't know. All he wants at this stage is someone to play "catch" with him. ; y Besides, with her, he'd be an only child. At Aunt Jenny's he had a ready-made family. Th Council: With three possible homes available for Gary, a half-orphan, the one where he is now sounds best, and we agree with Sidney, the boy's father, that he should be left there. This is not to say that the college trained great-aunt can necessarily do a better moth ering job than the warm hearted grandma. This fath er's decision is evidently swayed in Aunt Jenny's direc tion for other reasons. One is that Cary is already ensconced there, after one uprooting from his own home. Another is that he's made an adjust ment as a sort of "kid brother" in a lively household, with little danger .of being lonely or spoiled as he might well be in houseful of adults. Certainly the grandparents can visit Cary and be visited. And in the natural course of things, there'll be other grand children to dote upon and dandle. No slight has been perpertrated by Sidney on his mother. With Cary's best in terests in mind, he voted for Aunt Jenny's as the home most likely to succeed." While it's possible, we add for Mrs. W., that a child in the home might make you "young again," he can also-in bring ing back toads in his pockets or hanging from rickety tree tops - make you old before your time. No Grandma, be glad this energetic child is being well cared for and that you don't have to be the one in charge. Sit back and enjoy all your roles, those of wife, mother, and sister, as well as grandmother. sand was soft. He was experi menting in the area south of Broad Street, west of a row of houses. I felt sorry for Her ring. He was a nice young fellow. But most everybody thought he was crazy. I seem ed to be the only one who believed he could fly . . . and I tried to encourage him " Asked whether he actually saw Herring fly Lessing said: "Yes," and that "I would swear to if." Herring was employed by Octave Chanute, American civil engineer and pioneer aviation enthusiast in 1896 and 1897 to build a glider and assist in experiments at Miller, Ind., and at Dune Park, Ind., near Chicago. Chanute and Herring ended their association after the 1897 tests, according to Mur phy. He is doing the bulk of the research on Herring. . , Not Practical Murphy said he has found that Chanute believed that powered flight was not yet practical until certain prob lems of stability and control, could be solved. 1 According to Murphy, Herring believed the time had come to apply power to a glider and to fly. Herring then moved to St. Joseph to perfect his airplane and build it. Murphy said it is believed the Herring machine, tested on the beach at St. Joseph - the following year, was a bi-plane, a type that Herring considered- the most promising for development. . Murphy has collected a large file of information, but he said he lacked additional concrete evidence to substan tiate the 1898 flight. .:,.' Herring failed in an attempt to patent his engine for an airplane. .' Later he went to court to fight the ' WrigHf" "Brothers over their rival claims. He died in 1927. dent Kennedy's pledge for greater cooperation with Lat in America. It said "Our rela tion with Latin America is a special one," and can be a model for the relationship be tween the' economically . ad vanced and underdeveloped worlds. Radical Changes The committee's 64 page re port, "Cooperation for Prog ress in Latin America,", said "Economic and social progress in many countries of Latin America will require radical, even revolutionary, changes of some of the institutions that now exist there. "But a revolution of the Castro type," it added, "while it may be able to achieve some needed reforms, is not a route to development. "Development requires In centive, opportunity and tal ent in an environment that will attract or produce capi tal. The Castro revolution per petuates civil war,- drives out talent and frightens away cap ital. Moreover, it destroys the fundamental human liberties that were Castro's own rally ing cry when he first chal lenged the Batista dictator ship." Hecommandanoni Following are the commit tee's nine recommendations: -Follow up "promptly and fully", our promise to provide an initial contribution of $500 jP 1 ' f SENTENCED TO PRISON Liz Renay, left, talks with her daughter, Brenda Landry, during a court recess in Los Angeles. Miss Renay, one-time girl friend of ex-convict Mickey Cohen, was sentenced to three years in Federal prison when her probation was revoked on the charge that she had lied In a grand jury investigation of Cohen. . (UPI Telephoto) New Anti-Cancer Agent Developed St. Louis (Science Service) 1210, he reported. One type of tumor in mice has been inhibited by 90 per cent to 100 per cent, using a new organic . compound con taining nitrogen. It has not yet been tried on human be ings. . Dr. John A. Carbon, Sandra M. Brehm and James D. Hata- jczyk of the Abbot labora tories, North . Chicago, 111., have found the piperazine de rivative (A -20968) effective against . carcinoma -' 75B, a transplantable mouse tumor. It also shows activity- against two common types of cancer, sarcoma 180 and leukemia The new compound Is mod eled after a compound called A-8103, which is undergoing clinical tests at the present. Both of these compounds ap pear to be examples of the anti-tumor agents known, as a "alkylating agents," although they represent an entirely new type of chemical struc ture among the anti-cancer drugs. The organic chemist will be able to synthesize many close ly related compounds by vary ing the "acyl side-chain" in the structure. Further evalua tion is planned. .'.'' Disaster Victims Don't Turn to Panic, tooting Miami Beach (Science Service) The widely held Idea that a community dis aster, whether caused by na ture (earthquake, flood, hur ricane or fire) or by enemy action would so demoralize Its victims that they would turn to violence, hysteria," panic, looting or mental illness was denied here recently. Far from being a demoral izing influence, Dr. Charles E. Fritz of the University of Florida told members of the Southern Sociological society meeting here, such a great disaster actually has a therea peutic effect on Its victim. There is formed a com munity of sufferers" having the attitude of "we are all In this together." The result ing feeling of solidarity serves to strengthen social relation ships and family ties. Many personal conflicts also be come, resolved. Pre-existing neurotic and psychosomatic symptoms have a tendency to lessen.. Illness rates generally fall. Dramatic Improvement is noted among persons having a variety of apparent physical ailments. Racial and minority group barriers break down. Sucldes Decline Existing data indicate, Dr. Fritz reported, that virtually all . forms , of self-aggressive and anti-social behavior fail to manifest themselves, or ac tually decline, : in disasters. Suicide rates decline during times of war and national revolution. : Homicide and other crimes against the person tend to de crease and predictions of sig nificant Increases in looting, stealing, profiteering, mob violence , and crimei hay rarely, if ever, been fulfilled during a disaster.- Such be havior is quantitatively in significant when compared with actions aimed at mutual aid, restoration and reintegra tion.- . Even where cities were virtually destroyed- as in million for a special inter American fund for social progress. -Improve conditions of ru ral living and land use through agricultural educa tion, easier rural credit and broader ownership of land. -Eliminate illiteracy and raise all educational standards. Assure Latin American countries a "rising trend and greater stability of export earnings." Encourage movements to ward economic integration so that Latin America can enjoy the benefits of larger markets and increased competition. -Expand mutually benefi cial activities of U. S. busi nesses in Latin America. -Seek new ways to encour age private enterprise that would improve "the condi tions of life of the neglected millions." Give more attention and weight in its thinking and program" to such inter-Amer-lcan agencies as the Inter American bank, the Inter American Economic and So cial council of the Organiza tion of American States, and the United Nations Economic commission for Latin America. The report said the need for the program would con- tinue indefinitely, But it said the major effort must be made by the Latin Americans. Institutions also must be judged by how well they sat isfy aspirations in a manner consistent with democratic practices rather than by con formity to U. S. practice, the report said. It also warned that the United States should proceed with an awareness that a cer tain amount of-hostility and resentment toward it Is inher ent in this country's relation ship with Latin America. Oafie Dam To Have 250-Mile Reservoir Pierre, S. D. - tOPD - The soon - to - be - completed Oahe dam near here will create a reservoir extending 250 miles upstream on the Missouri river. . It is the world's largest rolled earth dam and Its elec tric generators . will produce power equivalent to that used by a city of about a. million persons. TAXPAYER TROUBLES Bryan Mullen, 13-months old, of Tulsa, Okla., played the role of a typical taxpayer faced with the April 17 deadline. Bryan watched his father, Paul Mullen, prepare his income tax so he would know how to pose for the photographer.. ; . (UPI Telephoto) Economist Stresses Schools Importance Nagasaki, Japan they have been rebuilt on the same site and they 'have usually devel oped a degree of vitality and growth unparallel in the pre disaBter period and uneqWl ed by comparable non-disaster Cassino, Italy, Hiroshima and! struck cities and societies." Cambridge, Mass. - (Science Service) - Nearly 40 per cent of the last 30 years' growth In the gross national product ol the United States has come from education and technol ogy, recent studies have shown. Prof. Robert M. Solow stressed the contributions of education and technology to the nation's growth in The Technology Review, published today at the Massachusetts In stitute of Technology. Dr. Solow, of MIT, is now serving on the President's council of economic advisers. However, he said, "no one can guarantee that the next 30 years will reproduce the pattern. It may well be that whatever growth we get In the next quarter of a century will come from different well-springs.-, , - I-.'".' "Eventually, the only way will also be costly, and the net economic return to society may be less. Knowledge is one ot the few things that tend to escape the market. Partly this is because knowledge is usual ly 1 embedded In people and we do not permit property rights in people." t : Overtime Proves To 33 Trcub.'esime Hutchinson, Kan. -OJPD ' It didn't pay for Larry Eckhoff, 18, Hutchinson, to work over time : recently. He was busy assembling tricycles at a store here and didn't notice that the other employees had locked the doors at 5:30 p.m. and left for the day. . Eckhoff opened a stockroom door- while searching for a way out of the building and thereby set off a burglar alarm. While peering out the front . door, he was erected leu 10 increase educational m- by policemen, who didn't be put will be to Improve the lieve his story. The store man quality of education. This is ager came to young Eckhoff 'j desirable ,in any case, but it; rescue, v-.-;-.' ' . ... POISON OAK BOTHER YOU? WORRY NO MORE Uie B 4 H Poison Oak Lotion. Satisfaction Guar anteed, at your Favorite Dru9 5tor. t k r- THURSDAY SPECIAL Golden Ripe GROUND CRISP FRESH LETTUCE LARGE SOLID HEADS Heads TANGERINES Sweet Juicy ROMAINE and RED LEAF 2 FRESH GRISP CARROTS U H II i: V- A U jll PURE FRESH l 1 &v myi iRl Ir3 A m TASTE THE .T w X 2.5CA. ,9- J 3 Cello O fit SIZE pkgs. J J ' LYNN'S 0 MEATS DIFFERENCE OF OUR BETTER MEATS: 3 Ibt. $1.17 BULK 4l! TENDER YOUNG Beef Liver SLICED bunches for Local Products are Better Products! Jorgensen's and Snider's MELLORIIIE Half Gallon 39c VANILLA WAFERS NABISCO Big Bex 29c ALLSWEET MARGARINE 4 , 89 COOKED SUN-PAK OYSTERS 100 3 cans Small Pacific Ocean Pack Swift's PREM LUNCH MEAT 39 t 12-oz. Can IOU-Z-ANA LARGE BROKEN SHRIMP 100 I Fine for Salads or Cocktails 3 ELECTRA-SOL For Automatic Diihwaiher Reg. 41e. 3 p. 1.00 FRESH BORDERS MAYONNAISE 4& FULL QUART JAR DOG CHOW PURINA 51b. sack 59 WHIFF CHICKEN FLAVOR i CANNED DOG FOOD Enriched With Vitamin FRESH YOUNG TENDER SWIFT'S SPARE RIBS FRESH COOKED Bar-B-Q- Chickens J 39 PLEASE PHONE AHEAD FOR LARGE ORDERS WE HAVE THE FINEST SELECTION COLD CUTS (NEBERGALL) FRANKS - SALADS ' STEAKS - CHICKENS (SORANS FRESH) -FOR YOUR PICNICS -OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 8 A.M. TILL 9 P.M. SUNDAYS 10 A.M. TILL 7 P.M. MAXWELL HOUSE COFFEE Drip or Regular " 2-lb. can 11 19 MAXWELL INSTANT COFFEE HOUSE Giant 10-ox. Jar 1 29 608 E. MAIN MORE SAVINGS WITH SILVER DOLLAR STAMPS 4f 1 " cans 89 r I I .. .. ': : ' ' ' " -' .